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IAC/InterActiveCorp To Sell Interest in Euvia Media

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 05:08

IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI) announced today that the company has reached an agreement to sell its 48.6% interest in Euvia Media to ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG ("Euvia") for a sale price of $204 million in cash (EUR 155 million at today's exchange rate of 1.32). ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG is the leading German television group and current owner of a 48.4% interest in Euvia.

IAC's interest in Euvia has been held through its wholly owned subsidiary, H.O.T. Networks GmbH i.L. Christiane zu Salm, Euvia CEO and chairwoman of the management board, has also agreed to sell her 3% interest, giving ProSiebenSat.1 100% ownership of Euvia.

Thomas J. McInerney, EVP and CFO of IAC and CEO of IAC Electronic Retailing, said, "Euvia has been an outstanding investment for IAC and we are pleased to have participated in its development as Germany's premier quiz channel. Given its strong growth and maturation over the past few years, the time is right to sell our position to its more natural owner, given ProSieben's substantial position in the German television industry. For IAC Electronic Retailing, the combined effect of this divestiture and the recently announced agreement to acquire Cornerstone Brands represents a redeployment of capital into a more strategic, fully owned business with greater long-term value to IAC, and the transactions taken together are accretive."

IAC will continue to operate Quiz TV in the UK, its wholly owned quiz television business which was launched in 2004 and is at an early stage of development.

The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2005.
About Euvia Media

Euvia is a German limited partnership that operates two television broadcasting businesses in Germany: 9Live, an interactive game and quiz show oriented television channel, and sonnenklar TV, a travel-oriented television channel. Euvia also sells packaged travel tours through sonnenklar TV and its related website. 9Live is distributed throughout Germany via satellite, cable and terrestrial antenna, and as of December 31, 2003, it reached approximately 27.8 million households. Sonnenklar TV is distributed throughout Germany via digital and analogue satellites and cable, and as of December 31, 2003, reached approximately 24.3 million households.

About IAC/InterActiveCorp

IAC operates leading and diversified businesses in sectors being transformed by the internet, online and offline... our mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for people all over the world. To view a full list of the companies of IAC please visit our website at http://iac.com/.

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